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Steps Toward Peace a CONFLICT ASSESSMENT of the LIPTAKO-GOURMA ZONE BURKINA FASO, MALI and NIGER Acknowledgments THE SAHEL PEACE INITIATIVE Steps Toward Peace A CONFLICT ASSESSMENT OF THE LIPTAKO-GOURMA ZONE BURKINA FASO, MALI AND NIGER Acknowledgments This report was written by Sheldon Gellar, with significant inputs from Robert Groelsema (CRS Senior Technical Advisor for Justice and Peacebuilding) and Patrick Williams (CRS Program Manager for the Sahel Peace Initiative). The team received additional support and guidance from Jennifer Overton (CRS Regional Director for West Africa), Abigail Johnson (CRS Regional Technical Advisor for Gender Equality), Caritas Burkina Faso (OCADES), Caritas Development Niger (CADEV), Caritas Mali and the CRS West Africa team. This assessment and report could not have been completed without innovative support and high-quality data collection by CRS’ monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) teams in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the United States Catholic community. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding. CRS eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. Cover photo by Annika Hammerschlag for CRS ©2020 Catholic Relief Services. All Rights Reserved. 20OS-296417 This document is protected by copyright and cannot be completely or partially reproduced in whole without authorization. Please contact [[email protected]] for authorization. Any “fair use” under US rights law must contain the appropriate reference to Catholic Relief Services. II Ouagadougou le 13 Novembre 2019 A: Monsieur Seal L Callahan Président de l’Agence Catholic Relief Services Baltimore, USA Estimé Monsieur le Président, Nous venons d’achever un atelier qui a réuni des évêques délègues des conférences du Burkina- Niger et du Mali qui a connu la participation de deux délègues du Ghana et de Cote d’Ivoire. Comme vous le savez, la réflexion a porté sur la situation d’insécurité au Sahel, les causes et les conséquences du phénomène qui dépassent le Sahel. Nous voudrions vous remercier d’avoir recueilli ce projet qui, grâce à l’engagement de tout CRS, est devenu une réalité. Alors que les travaux qui sont bien déroulés s’achèvent, nous voudrions vous demander encore d’user de ce qui est en votre pouvoir pour accompagner le processus déclenché par cet important atelier afin que les actions retenues et planifiées puissent se concrétiser en vue de provoquer les changements souhaités en matière de cohésion social, de sécurité et de paix au sahel. Veuillez féliciter votre équipe de CRS Afrique de l’Ouest pour la fructueuse collaboration que nous avons eue dans l’organisation et la tenue de cette rencontre inter-conférence sur la sécurité au Sahel. Persuadés que la bonne collaboration nous réunira toujours autours des défis auxquels l’Eglise fait face en Afrique de l’Ouest en général et au Sahel en particulière, nous vous assurons de nos prières et de notre disponibilité. III Foreword Our sisters and brothers in the Sahel are living through an unprecedented period. Communities in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are under direct attack by violent factions who seek to aggravate and exploit community grievances and tensions for their own gain. The increasing number, severity and scale of these attacks against civilians, displaced persons and families is shocking. Millions of innocent people need immediate, lifesaving assistance and the region needs a solution for long-term, sustainable peace. The Catholic Church stands united against this violence and has been working tirelessly to respond to the humanitarian and development needs of the region. Working across all three countries, among those displaced as well as the families hosting them, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has provided cash distributions, water, food and shelter over the past year. We are also continuing our work to provide healthcare, education and agricultural assistance, as well as carrying out peacebuilding activities. These efforts are led and championed by the Catholic Church in West Africa and grounded on an overriding priority for justice and peace in the region. CRS strongly supports this call as essential to its vision that all people fulfill their God-given human potential. We are proud to witness the superhuman efforts undertaken in response to this crisis, efforts that are to be celebrated. But we are also alarmed by the growing demand for help that far exceeds available resources. While governments have recognized the critical importance of investing in the Sahel, we are calling on donors, policy makers, advocates and humanitarian responders to redouble their efforts to make peace a reality in the region. In response, the Sahelian Catholic Church is leading a multi-country effort, The Sahel Peace Initiative, to raise awareness about this violent conflict and advocate for positive change. Toward this end, we present Steps Toward Peace, a multi-level conflict assessment of the ongoing crisis in the Sahel. Its ultimate message is clear: those who seek peace must focus on reinforcing social cohesion, vertical and horizontal, while engaging local leaders and civil society in all responses, activities and policies. The findings and recommendations in this report are a reflection of the work conducted by Caritas Burkina Faso (known as OCADES), Caritas Niger (known as CADEV), Caritas Mali and CRS and shaped by extensive first-hand primary data collection, analysis and review. Our integrated team engaged with and listened to hundreds of individuals from the most vulnerable communities so that we could understand their challenges and reality, and better coordinate a unified response. We invite you to consider how to actively support the application of these recommendations to ensure the integral human development of each and every person living in the Sahel. Similarly, we pledge to adopt these recommendations in the promotion of a new era of collaborative, integrated peacebuilding that seeks to unite communities across the region, and we invite you to join us. Although we are troubled by the gravity of the crisis, we are optimistic about a brighter, more just and secure future for the Sahel. Thank you for your tireless efforts to build peace in the region. Monseigneur Laurent B. Dabire Monseigneur Jonas Dembele Sean Callahan Président de la Conférence Président de la Conférence Chief Executive Officer Episcopale Burkina-Niger Episcopale Du Mali Catholic Relief Services IV Table of Contents Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................................................................ii Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................ iv Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................1 Purpose of this report ..........................................................................................................................1 Research questions ................................................................................................................................1 Methodology .............................................................................................................................................1 Summary of analysis and key findings .......................................................................................2 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................................5 Recommendations .................................................................................................................................5 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................7 Sahel Peace Initiative............................................................................................................................7 Rationale...................................................................................................................................................7 The Unified Church’s Response ....................................................................................................8 Goals and Objectives .........................................................................................................................9 Geographic Focus: Tri-border area .............................................................................................9 Purpose of the Assessment .........................................................................................................12 Design and Methodology ..........................................................................................................................13 Assessment Design ...........................................................................................................................13 Desk Study/Literature Review ......................................................................................................13 Sampling ...................................................................................................................................................15
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